Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-01
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


three hundred million dollars, and
they will probably exceed that enor-
nous sum.
AT the First Presbyterian Church at
Washington, Pa, on Sunday evening.
the lady principal of the female semin-
airy refused to bring her pupils out of
the'church until a policeman was Sc
cured to drive away a crowd of young
men who were loafing in the church
yard.
-Glassblowers' cheeks become thin
and lose their elasticity by the contin-
ued blowing. They hang down like
inverted pockets. and grow useless
1t is matter of record, it is said, that
both here and in Europe glass work
ers have blown holes through their
cheeks.
The London Field tells of a cat
that got nailed in under the floor.
where she was fourteen days before re-
leased, aud had three kittens. The
kittens were well nourished, III good
condition, with their eyes open. The
cat herself was in state of extreme
emaciation.
Charles Burdick, of Brookfeld.
Conn.,, has very intelligent pig. She
follows him like a dog. goes after the
cows, brings them to the BARNARD,
knows her name and answers TO it, and
does many tricks. Her excessive timid-
ity alone prevents her from being pub
licly exhibited.
The final extinction of the seal
of ho IL Al.
Pacific coast, seems certain. The Russ
slams made such havoc among them
that at the time Alaska was sold To the
United States only four or five hundred
a year were taken, and they are grow
ing scarcer and scarcer
An increase in the demand for
mica has resulted from its use for
electrical purposes. and special ma
chinery has been devised for getting
out the mineral. Electricians usually
select the whitest kinds, some colored
micas having SO much iron that their
insulating property is affected.-Ar6dn-
Sa10 TrdUeLeT.
"A clock has been invented and is
coming into use in Europe which is
warranted by its manufacturers to run
for five years without either winding or
regulation. The Belgian Government
placed one in a railway station in 1881.
sealed with the Government seal. and
it has kept perfect time ever since
Christian Union.
Grabs and other inferior forms of
animal life have often been observed to
part with portions of their bodies or
members to avoid being captured as
prey. Some have considered this a
voluntary action of standardization. but
careful observations tend rather to
prove that it is merely the result of re-
fex action.-Foote' Health Monthly.
"A prominent business man of
South Norwalk, Conn, apparently per-
fectly sane on all subjects but one, has
recently decided that October is the
month when strawberries should be at
their best So he walks the streets,
asking each friend that he meets for
strawberries, and is considerably an
noyed that he can't get what he wants.
Mrs. Edwards. of Walterboro, S.
c.. caught her husband playing draw
poker, and cowhided Mr.. Bellinger,
who, she thought, had led her husband
nstray. The next day Bellinger cow
hided Edwards; and then they both
started to find and cowhide the man
who had told Mrs. Edwards where the
game was played. The third mans
father heard of it and gave his son
warning, and thus prevented the third
whipping. .
Death Valley, New, is to be turned
into an ostrich ranch. A Mexican has
fourteen well-grown chicks that he
Matched out there at his little ranch
from eggs brought from the neighbor-
hood of Los Angeles. The eggs were
buried in the hot sand, and of nights
the ground was covered with blankets
to retain the heat it absorbed during
the day. The ranch is about two hun
dred and twenty feet below the level of
the sea.-BoSto1s Budget.
Recognizing the necessity of carry
ing out target practice at night, the
Admiralty have directed that once in
each year, wherever practicable, sea-
men are to be drilled after dark with
quick-firing and machine guns. Dur
ing the firing the ships are to be under
steam at not less than from six to eight
knots an hour, and special targets are
to be used and anchored if possible,
precautions being taken to prevent ac-
cidents to boats and shipping.-Pu6Lic
Opinion.
"A Maine physician says that one
day he saw big crane standing on
log that foated near the shore of the
Kennebec river. The crane had cap
tured large bug, which he dropped
into the stream, so that it floated down
past him, and then grabbed it and